Booms and Busts

We can thus conclude that the gold standard, if not abused, is not conducive to boom-bust cycles.

"There are so many problems with Krugman's thinking that it's hard to know where to begin."

But even "free market" media such as the Wall Street Journal cling to Keynesian pump-priming, which — by the media's own admission — didn't help Japan and in fact caused the housing boom.

Jeffrey Tucker offers insights into Greenspan's role in the 2008 economic crash.

Recorded at the Mises Institute Supporters Summit, 1 November 2008; Auburn, Alabama. 

There is, after all, a very keen similarity between Hamiltonian mercantilism — or an economy directed and controlled by government, supposedly "in the public interest" but in reality for the benefit of a privileged few — and the economic fascism of Italy (and Germany) of the 1920s and '30s.

John Steele Gordon’s “short history” of banking is filled with falsehoods.

Contrary to what Weisberg claims, the philosophy of freedom has, once again, been proven right.

Bankruptcy is a normal part of economic life, covered by laws that guarantee stockholders will be compensated as much as possible.

"The enemies of capitalism and economic freedom … use the accusation of 'laissez faire' as a kind of ratchet for increasing the government's power."